essential library skills for sport & exercise 2014
DESCRIPTION
Middlesex University essential library skills for Sport & Exercise Year 1. September 2014TRANSCRIPT
Essential Library SkillsEssential Library SkillsSES1242 / SES1244 23/09/14SES1242 / SES1244 23/09/14
Today we are going to cover...
• Different types of resources available for your studies
• Finding information for your assignments
• Using your reading lists, Library subject guides and online referencing guide
Assignment 3 – Literature Review
• This Assignment requires you to use your research skills and find several journal articles on a topic of your choice to produce a literature review.
• You need to select a maximum of 5 articles from academic journals that are relevant to your degree programme and on the same topic.
So what is a journal anyway?
Thinking about resources
Types of information Task 1:
1. Each group will be given a pack of cards 2. The cards contain the names of 4 different
resources3. Match together the correct: Resource Type +
Definition + “Good for” + “Not so good for”
Time: 5 mins
BooksWhat are they:
A written or printed work of fiction or fact. May be electronic.
Good for: Clear overview
Not so good for: Up to date information
Web pagesWhat are they:
An information resource which can be easily created by anyone on any topic.Electronic.
Good for: Very up to date information
Not so good for: Accurate and reliable information
NewspapersWhat are they:
A regular publication containing current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising.
May be electronic.Good for:
Daily informationNot so good for:
Balanced and well researched information
JournalsWhat are they:
A regular publication containing articles on a particular academic subject.Presents new research.
Good for: Latest research, critically reviewed by experts
Not so good for: Broad overview of a subject
Finding resourcesmyUniHub > My Study > My Library
Select Summon and search for information for your Literature Review task
Finding journal articles using Summon
Task 2:• To find an article on a
particular topic...
• Try Summon to search the Library’s online resources and the catalogue in one go
• Access Summon from myUniHub
Over to you
• Try the example on the handout
• Have a go with a topic relevant to your degree programme which interests you
• Sources for your presentation on Friday?
Refine your search
Search tips• Keep it simple! Can you summarise the topic
in just a few words?
If you have too many results...
• Add more keywords (narrow)
• Be more specific (sprinting vs. running)
• Use phrases (“penalty kicks”)
• Add limits, e.g. date
If you do not have enough results...
• Use synonyms (football or soccer)
• Be less specific (martial arts vs. Judo)
• Split the question into single concepts/words
• Use tricks like truncation* = swim* finds swim, swimmer, swimming etc
Referencing - easy marks!
Task 3: Using Cite Them Right…Write a full reference for this article
Referencing
• Irwin, C., Desbrow, B., Ellis, A., O’Keeffe, B., Grant, G., Leveritt, M. (2011) ‘Caffeine withdrawal and high-intensity endurance cycling performance’, Journal of Sports Sciences, 29(5), pp.509-515
• In text citation: (Irwin et al., 2011)
Reading lists
Where can you find them?
Where are the Sport books?
1st floor wing (right)
3rd floor
1st floor
Online
Library Subject Guides
Need help?
• Librarians in the StudyHub (1st floor) during core hours Monday – Friday
• SES Library Subject Guidehttp://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/sport
Images• Rugby image from Wikimedia Commons licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share
Alike 3.0 Unported license.